One of our earliest members, Hannah Higgins Bacon, was the daughter of Captain Eleazer Higgins who fought in the Revolutionary War. Hannah is our Chapter’s “Real Daughter.” She died in 1899 at the age of 90 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in the Bacon family plot. By 1932, the list of the chapter’s distinguished members also included six descendants of Paul Revere himself. Those descendants dwindled to three by 2004, and in 2007 our chapter lost Mary Kittredge Minot at age 90. In 2018, we were excited to gain another great granddaughter of Paul Revere!
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On April 18, 1895, one year after the chapter was formed and 120 years after Paul Revere set out on his famous ride, the Paul Revere Chapter NSDAR installed a bronze plaque on the facade of the Paul Revere House. The plaque was designed by the chapter and manufactured by the Blake Bell Company - a foundry that traced its origins to Paul Revere’s bell-casting business. The $32 cost of the tablet was shared by the chapter and Sidney F. Squires, the owner of the Paul Revere House from 1891-1902. Almost humorously, but also somewhat sadly, the plaque was positioned between signs advertising the cigar factory and the grocery store which operated out of the building at the time. |
In 1902, Paul Revere’s great-grandson, John Phillips Reynolds, Jr., purchased the building from Squires. Over the next several years, six descendants of Paul Revere who were chapter members, along with descendants of General William Heath, continued to fund repairs to the Paul Revere House. In 1907, the chapter facilitated the forming of the Paul Revere Memorial Association; and in April 1908, the Paul Revere House Museum opened its doors to the public. The Paul Revere Memorial Association then took over as the official guardian of the Revere House. Chapter members became life members and continued to donate money and furniture to the museum.
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Paul Revere Chapter, NSDAR
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